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SHOCKING: Judge wrong to hear case from bed while resting from surgery court says - What They Never Told You

Richard Clayton KC was resting in bed after surgery, Court of Appeal heard - (Barrister Group)

A judge was wrong to hear a case from his bed as he recovered from surgery, the Court of Appeal has said.

Richard Clayton KC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge, heard an appeal for a suspended optometrist via video link the day after leaving hospital for surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon.

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